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I remember when Carter was president. I always respected him. In the early 2000s i remember getting so much shit for defending him. I'm proud to be an American when I think of him and his legacy. He is a good man and I hope that he will be remembered in a positive way. He was truly wronged by the Republicans and the Iran Contra shit will forever be a shadow over the good that Carter tried to create in the middle East.
I imagine if the dirty tricks Reagan pulled or like if Gore wasn't cheated or even Hillary got 4 years, the world would be a much better place than it is.
You should probably get your facts straight first, your oversimplified version of what happened is a mockery of what happened
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_invasion_of_East_Timor
No.
Fact is Carter’s administration sold those weapons. It wasn’t a secret what Indonesia was looking to use them for.
Yeah you clearly don't understand the basics.
The basics that
A) Carter sold weapons to Indonesia
B ) It’s the Cold War
C ) To empower brutal murdering authoritarians like Suharto
Just as whenever America armed some authie in South America or anywhere else in the world, we know what it was going to be used for.
But please share your “basic”.
The fact that I provided you the information, spelled out and you continue to spout idiotic nonsense is just amazing.
First thing
Facts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_invasion_of_East_Timor#US_involvement
Let's not forget Harry Kissinger
So let's go back to the original argument here. That Carter sold a bunch of weapons and caused all the deaths.
Clearly that's not what happened.
I hope you never find yourself standing in judgment for the worst thing you ever did.
Sure?
Was that meant to be like a bad thing?
The worst I’ve ever done is so minor compared to this.